Ice-cream cabinet.



No. 699,!79. Patented May 6, I902.

1 J. HURLEY.

ICE CREAM CABINET.

(Applibation fi led July 12, 1901.)

UNITED STA S PATENT- OFFICE.-

JOHN HURLEY, OF LITTLEFALLS, NEW YORK.

ICEQCREAM CABINETQ SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 699,179, dated May 6, 1902.

Application filed July 12, 1901. Serial No. 67,967, (No model.)

To atZZ whom it may concerit:

Be it known that I, JOHN HURLEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Littlefalls, in the county of Herkimer and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ice-Cream Cabinets, of which the' following is a-specification.

This invention relates to ice-cream cabinets such as are used in connection with sodafountains; and the object of the invention is to provide a cabinet of that class in which the ice-cream receptacle may be readily accessi= its hinges, afterwhich the ice-cream recep-I tacle is pulled out. These two operations take considerable time and naturally expose the ice-cream to the outside hot air more than is These objectionable features I;

desirable.

overcome by providing the opening with a slidable door and which is also connected with the ice-receptacle, whereby the ice-receptacle may be exposed and its contents made ac; These and other cessible in one operation. novel features of construction will'be hereinafter more fully described and finally embraced in the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional view of my improved ice-cream cabinet. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view of the modified form of my invention A represents the frame of the cabinet, 'and which is preferably made of wood or other non-conducting material. The cavity or opening B in the cabinet is preferably provided In order to make the ice-cream receptacle re'st level on a table when the same is removed for refilling, I provide its rear portion with'a block H, extending downward to the same depth of the flange on the cover. This block, in conjunction with the block J, se-

Theice-cream receptacle is rendered accessible by simply taking hold of the handle and pull the cover connecting with the said receptacle, the blocks above mentioned also acting as stops for the receptacle, and thus preventing the same from being drawn out too far; As the sides of the ice-cream receptacle 'do not extend up to the top surface of the opening, the ice-cream receptacle may be entirely removed by raising it slightly,or enough so that the top blocks will clear themselves. It will also be noticed that the double-walled cover also forms a shoulder which effectively excludes the warm air from the interior of the cabinet. 1

As I am aware that some changes may be made in the above construction without departing from the spirit'and' scope of myinven- .tion, I do not desire to limit myself to the particular arrangement above specified, but hold myself at liberty to make such changes as the-state of the art may permit.

Having thus describedmy invention, what I desire to secure by Letters Patent is= An ice-cream cabinet, comprising a rectangular casing with an open front, a five-sided sheet-metal lining for the cavity of said casing, a block resting upon the bottom of the further provided with rolled or curled edges,

a rectangular disk or plate held against the outer faces of the inclined surfaces by the rolled or curled edges to form a double-walled I 5 i cover or door, and a handle carried by the lining at the forward end thereof, an icecream receptacle slidably mounted in the space of said lining and resting upon the front block, a block depending from the bottom thereof at its rear adapted to rest upon the bottom of the lining and prevent the recepdisk.

tacle from being withdrawn entirely from the i 7 casing, a cover or door extending across the JOHN HURLEY' outer end of the receptacle and having in- Witnesses:

G. W. NORRIS,

opening of the cabinet, said surfaces being 0. H. LUNDSTROM.

clined outer faces to contact the face of the k 

